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Is Australia a Continent?
2006-03-28, 2:36 PM #1
After reading the thread about the Commonwealth games, I was reminded of a debate I have had with several of my classmates at school. They claim that Australia is a continent, and one of their common factoids is that Australia is the only country that is a continent in the world. I say it is not a continent, because if it was, what does that make New Zealand, and many other Pacific islands. I went on to say that the contient is known as either Australasia or Oceania. They continued to argue, saying they'd never heard of such a thing.

So, what is the reality? Could Spork or another Massassian Aussie confirm the truth?
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2006-03-28, 2:51 PM #2
No, Australasia is a continent, which is australia and the surrounding islands and land mass until you reach asia.

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2006-03-28, 2:51 PM #3
It's a continent...
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2006-03-28, 2:56 PM #4
Australia is a gigantic island. Just like europe/asia/africa/greenland/americas/antartica.

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2006-03-28, 2:58 PM #5
Australia is just an illusion and doesn't really exist. These "aussies" are just Brits who fell ill.

I have proof!
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2006-03-28, 3:00 PM #6
I've always heard that Australia was it's own continent. It wasn't until just recently (about a year or so) that i've heard the term Oceania.

Which says nothing of the validity of either statement, but wether or not it's correct, Australia is definitely the more common term where I'm from.
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2006-03-28, 3:17 PM #7
The way I've always understood it is Australiasia and Oceania are just vague geographical regions like 'Middle East' or 'South-East Asia', while Australia is the actual continent. When used in reference to a continent 'Australia' refers to more than just the country the Commonwealth Of Australia, but the surrounding area also.
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2006-03-28, 3:23 PM #8
Yeah, sounds more like "Indo-China" or "Middle East" to me than the name of an actual continent.
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2006-03-28, 3:26 PM #9
Australia is a continent.

Proof?

CARMEN SANDIEGO SAID SO.
2006-03-28, 3:33 PM #10
[QUOTE=Cool Matty]Australia is a continent.

Proof?

CARMEN SANDIEGO SAID SO.[/QUOTE]

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2006-03-28, 4:01 PM #11
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2006-03-28, 4:12 PM #12
Originally posted by Spork:
Oceania


OMG! 1984!
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2006-03-28, 5:12 PM #13
Wikipedia says it's the world's smallest continent.
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2006-03-28, 6:00 PM #14
I always thought it was part of Ociana and that was the continent, but it was always vauge at best).


but Cool Matty has changed my mind.

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2006-03-28, 6:29 PM #15
Oceana is the name of the region, Australia is the name of the continent.
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2006-03-28, 7:03 PM #16
If Europe gets to be its own continent, rather than just a little part of Asia, then Australia gets to be a continent too.
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2006-03-28, 7:25 PM #17
That nails it. It's a continent.
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2006-03-28, 8:40 PM #18
Let's take over South America so we can have one whole continent named "Big America".
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2006-03-28, 9:34 PM #19
Muhahahaha, let's take over the world and call it the USA.
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2006-03-28, 9:36 PM #20
Australia is a continent.
2006-03-28, 9:40 PM #21
Always seen it as a continent.
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2006-03-28, 9:58 PM #22
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2006-03-28, 10:40 PM #23
Quote:
OMG! 1984!


hah yeah, but 1984 referrs to the UK and America as Oceania which is completly different from the region refered to today as oceania

But I was taught over the years that it is indeed its own contenint
2006-03-28, 10:42 PM #24
I was taught in school that we (Australians) live in a unique place, in that it is the worlds largest island, and the worlds smallest continent, and that we are also the only continent that is one country.
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2006-03-28, 11:20 PM #25
For those (like me) who might suspect that Greenland is larger....

Greenland: 836,109 sq. mi. (2,166,086 km^2)
Australia: 2,967,909 sq. mi. (7,686,850 km^2)

Usually map projections make it seem like Greenland is significantly larger than Australia.
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2006-03-28, 11:31 PM #26
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2006-03-28, 11:46 PM #27
They always taught at school Australia is a continent. I have had no reason to suspect that's false information.
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2006-03-28, 11:54 PM #28
Originally posted by JediGandalf:
For those (like me) who might suspect that Greenland is larger....

Greenland: 836,109 sq. mi. (2,166,086 km^2)
Australia: 2,967,909 sq. mi. (7,686,850 km^2)

Usually map projections make it seem like Greenland is significantly larger than Australia.



Yeah. They have to fill in space when they take a sphere and make it a rectangle. Greenland is about the same size as Mexico.
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2006-03-29, 3:02 AM #29
It's usually more about maintaining shapes than filling space.
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2006-03-29, 5:21 AM #30
I always understood that Australia and the surrounding islands (including NZ) were one continent, based on the tectonic plate they are on. This is referred to as various names - though saying Australia (the island) is its own continent, seperate of NZ is false.
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2006-03-29, 6:21 AM #31
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2006-03-29, 7:06 AM #32
I've known Australia, New Zeland, etc. as Australasia.

It seems right.
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2006-03-29, 7:08 AM #33
Edit; Wtf this isn't the right thread!
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2006-03-29, 12:12 PM #34
Austrailia my itself is not a continent!

Unless they changed its status in the last 5 years.

AstralASIA/Oceania is a continent.

Stop being stupid!
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2006-03-29, 12:14 PM #35
No, it's a ham and cheese sandwich. Duh.
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2006-03-29, 12:48 PM #36
I was always taught in school that it was Australasia.

Now, if Australia is a continent, what continent is New Zealand in then?
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2006-03-29, 12:50 PM #37
Originally posted by Baconfish:
I was always taught in school that it was Australasia.

Now, if Australia is a continent, what continent is New Zealand in then?

Australia. I think Spork would know :p
D E A T H
2006-03-29, 12:55 PM #38
Whoops, missed that post.
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2006-03-29, 1:10 PM #39
My word is hardly gospel on this topic, but yeah, the way I understand it there's the country 'The Commonwealth Of Australia' which is what people understandably shorten to 'Australia' or 'that big island down-under', and then there's 'Australia' in reference to the continent which includes New Zealand, Papua New Guinea etc.

Of course I've had some Kiwis try and explain to me that they are their own continent. But of course they were extremely drunk...
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2006-03-29, 1:12 PM #40
You mean they were claiming New Zealand is it's own continent?
nope.
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